African telecoms excellence to be rewarded

Aug 21, 2008

Gateway Communications has given its endorsement to and committed to sponsor the AfricaCom awards.

Africa is the world's fastest growing telecommunications market and Gateway Communications has invested $300-million in African communications since 2005.AfricaCom attracts more than 3 000 people to its conference and exhibition, taking place in Cape Town on 18 and 19 November 2008. The inaugural AfricaCom Awards celebrates the outstanding achievements of the African communications market during the last 12 months."Gateway is delighted to celebrate the tremendous achievements of the African telecoms community at the inaugural AfricaCom Awards in 2008 and to be able to help recognise the enormous changes brought about by the telecoms revolution in Africa," says Peter Gbedemah, CEO of Gateway Communications."The AfricaCom Awards has been given a real boost by having a truly pan-African connectivity company sponsoring, who count all the major operators as well as over 1 200 African corporations amongst their customers," adds Paul Dunne, executive director of Informa Telecoms & Media.